To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act
By the President of the United State of America
A Proclamation

1. Section 3107 of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210)
amended the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (Title II of the
Trade Act of 2000, Public Law 106-200) (CBERA) to modify the type and
quantity of textile and apparel articles eligible for the preferential
tariff treatment now accorded to designated beneficiary Caribbean Basin
Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) countries.

2. Section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002 amended the African
Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade Act of 2000, Public
Law 106-200) (AGOA) to modify the type and quantity of textile and
apparel articles eligible for the preferential tariff treatment now
accorded to designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.

3. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under
sections 3107 and 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002, it is necessary to
modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).

4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) (1974
Trade Act) authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance
of the relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting
import treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal,
modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other
import restriction.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States
of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, including section 604 of the 1974
Trade Act, do proclaim that:

(1) In order to provide the preferential treatment provided for in
section 213(b)(2)(A) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(A)), as amended
by section 3107(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, the HTS is modified as
provided in Annex I to this proclamation.

(2) In order to provide for the preferential treatment provided
for in section 112(b) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)), as amended by
section 3108(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, the HTS is modified as
provided in Annex II to this proclamation.

(3) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that are inconsistent with this proclamation are superseded to the
extent of such inconsistency.

(4) This proclamation is effective with respect to eligible
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or
after August 6, 2002; except that section I of Annex I to this
proclamation relating to the dyeing, printing, and finishing of fabrics
shall be effective with respect to eligible articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after September 1,
2002; and except that section II of Annex I and Annex II relating to
increases in the amount of certain articles eligible for duty-free
treatment shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates
provided in such annex sections.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day
of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-seventh.